Cake-hanger.



P. 'B. MUOULLOUGH.

CAKE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILE-ID MARZS, 1910.

995,7/98@ Patnted June 20, 1911.

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FRANK B. MCCULLOUGH, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CAKE-HANGER.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANK B. MoCtiL- LoUcn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cake-Hangers; and I do declare the following to I ping them in preparationsfor coating them to produce so-called icing on their surfaces,

. and to suspend the cakes on conveyors to be carried slowly therebyuntil the coating becomes dry and hardened, the invention havingreference particularly to the portions of the hangers by which the cakesare hung on a horizontal bar.

In bakeries where cakes are produced on a large scale and are coatedwith icing o1 the like, the cake hangers heretofore used ha ve been ofsuch character that in the process of dipping the cakes into the icingsolution the horizontal bar used of necessity was immersed in' thesolution, owing to the fact that the cakes were practically connected tothe bar by various devices, with the result that the solution adhered tothe bar which necessarily must have considerable area, and

inasmuch as the coating must be removed from the bar and discarded afterremoving the completed cakes in order to thoroughly cleanse the hangers,the resulting loss in icing has been very considerable.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved cake hangerwhereby the cakes may.beimmersed in the coating solution withoutnecessitating the immersion of the supporting horizontal bar, and toprovide an improved hanger that will be su'tliciently strong for thepurpose and yet be extremely thin in all portions thereof that ofnecessity must be immersed. in the coating solution; so that relativelylittle surface is presented that can become coated and result in loss ofthe lrelatively expensive coating sub.- stance. all to the endjlthateconomy in a high degree shall result in the production of iced orchated cakes.

A still further object oft-he invention is toprovide a hanger that willbe adapted Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1911.

Application filed March 25, 1910. Serial No. 551,551.

to be easily and quickly cleansed of the dried coating substance beforebeing used, absolute cleanliness being required in such operations.

lVith the above-mentioned and minor objects in view, the inventionconsists in a supporting bar provided with a pair of arms having hookswhereby to hang the bar horizontally, and a plurality of relatively thinshanks or stems secured rigidly to the bar and provided at their endswith devices for holding cakes removably thereon; the inventionconsisting further in the novel parts, and combinations and arrangementsof parts, as hereinafter particularlydescribed and then pointed out inthe appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1. is a perspective view of theimproved hanger as preferably constructed in which portions are brokenaway and omitted as being supertluous to an understanding of theinvention; Fig. 9,, a fragmentary side view showing the manner ofsecuring the shanks to the supporting bar; Fig. 3, a side elevation ofthe preferred form of shank or stem and devices for securing cakes tothe end thereof;

-Fig. 4, a perspective view of the preferred form of sbankor stem havingmodified forms of cake holding devices thereon; Fig. 5, a fragmentaryperspective view of a modified form of shank and cake holding device;Fig. 6, a side elevation of the preferred form of shank or stem havingmodified forms of cake holding devices thereon adapted more particularlyfor holding the larger sizes of cakes at considerable distance apart;and Fig. 7, a perspective view of the improved'hanger with cakes thereonand in operative position in connection with a well known type ofcarrier which is illustrated by broken lines as is also the box orvessel for holding the coating solution into which the cakes are to bedipped.

"Similar reference characters in the diii'crent figures of the drawingsindicate correspending elements or features of construction hereinreferred to. f

In practically carrying out the objects of the invention a large numberof cake holding devices of novel form areprovided to be used in groupsof convenient number.

each group being connected rigidly to a bar 1 Whlch'is preferably squarein cross section and has arms 2 and 2 extending from its ends in onedirection at an angle thereto,

which is a square aperture 5 to receive the bar 1. Each collar has amain shank or stem thereon that reaches out a considerable distance andis thin and narrow. but prcts erably comprises a broader portion 6adjacent to the collar and relatively narrower end portion 6. the shankbeing tapering. and on the end of the shank are two spurs 7 and7"extending from opposite sides of the shank. the spurs preferablyextending at acute angles to the longitudinal axis of the shank.- Ashank extension R or the same thickness as the thinner portion 6 extendsfrom the bases ot the spurs and the end o! the main shank in alinelnentwith the main shank and has two spurs 9 and 9 extending from oppositesides of the end of the shank 7,

extension opposite the spurs 7 and 7. respectively. The spurs preferablyare tapering throughout their length, the upper sides '10 of the spurs 7and 7 preferably being parallel to the under'sides ll of the spurs 9. 9.the under sides 12 ot the spurs-7 and 7 and the upper s'ides l fl ot'the spurs 9 and 9 therefore diverging outwardly so that when a cake ispressed onto two spurs the portion of the cake between the two spurs isslightly compressed to assist in holding the cake in position. Thecollars t are placed on the bar 1 before the arms and hooks are formedand the collars are preterably secured to the bar by means of beards 1tand 15 formed at opposite sides ot the collar on each corner of the barby pressing up portions of the metal of the bar, so that slightindentations 16 and 17 are left adjacent: to the beards. The arrangementis such that the shanks and the arms extend from opposite sides of thebar 1 in one and the same plane, the shanks depending from the lowerside of the bar so as to suspend the cakes.

In some cases, for coating relatively small cakes. the cake holdingdevice is slightly modified and the smaller end 6' of the main shank hastwo oppositely extending spurs 18 and 18 on opposite sides thereof whichmay extend at right angles to the shank, the end portions of the spurshaving upper beveled faces 19 and 19' respectively, near which arenotches 20 and 20 whereby beards or barbs 21 and 21' are formed toassist in holding cakes thereon, but permitting the llach cake holdingVhen it is desired to hold only one cake on each shank the devices maybe modified as in Fig. 5. a thin shank 2/2 being composed of round wireand .having one end 23 upsetafter driving it through a suitable aperturein the bar 1, the other end of the shaft having a spur 24 thereon thathas a sharp point and a notch 2c near the point whereby a lbarb 2T isformed. When it is desired to carry two relatively tance apart so thatthe air may circulate tre'ely between the cakes, the better to dry thecoating. the devices for connecting the cakes to the shank arepreferably modified and the opposite ends of the cross-bar havecross-bars 29 and 29' thereon having two spurs-3t) and 30. and spurs 31and 31 respectively thereon. the cross-bars 29 and 29' preventing thecakes from being placed disadvantageously close to the shank.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing that the ends of theshanks remote from the su 'iporting bar may he variously equippedaccording to expediency or fancy. for connecting the cakes or likearticles tothe shanks, tor the purpose specified.

As clearly indicated in the drawings, the shank or stem portion of eachhanger has being relatively thinner than the bar. the portion 6 thatreceives some (it the coating while the cakes are innnersed inthecoating solution being extremely small in diameter as are also thespurs, so that the quantity of solution adhering to the shanks is muchless than the bar 1 must retain it-innnersed in the solution. Each shankis many times longer than its supporting collar, and preferably islonger also than either arm 2 or 2' so that. the attendant after dippingoperations may hit the cakes at. considerable distance from his handsand dexterously shake or whip oil the surplus solution that may bedripping from the cakes and their immediate supporting devices into thereceptacle containing the solution, and thus avoid waste of expensivematerial.

Referring to Fig. 7, the function of the improved cake, hanger mayreadily be understood, the equipment of the-bakery including a box orreceptacle 32 for holding the coating solution, there being a shaft 33supported above the box and having two wheels 3 1- and 31 thereon overwhich exspectively, and provided on the inner sides thereof withprojecting pins or lugs 36, 36', to which the hooks 3 and 3 may be hung.It will be understood that the chains are of great length and are'movedslowly over guide wheels, preferably in the direction indicated by thearrows.

large cakes on each shank and at some dis-.

less surt'aceper lineal inch than the bar 1,

tend two conveyer chains 35 and 35, re-- as in Fig. t', the thinner endportion 6 of the shank having a cross-bar 28 on its end,

box while the bar is kept out of the solution and therefore does notbecome coated, there being but relatively small a surface areas of theshanks and spurs that inevitably receive coatings. After dipping thecakes the barsiare hung up horizontally on the endless carrier and thecakes are carried until dry and then removed at asuitably arrangedstation. Then for hygienic reasons the hangers are thoroughly cleansedof coatings before being again used.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A cake-hanger including a plurality of series of cake-holding spurs,each series of spuw s being provided with a single slender ste that'isrelatively longer than either "one of the spurs and extends angularlytherefrom, and a cont-rolling bar secured to the free end portion of allthe stems, for

dipping cakes held on the spurs without immersing the controlling bar.

A cake-hanger including a plurality of sbries ofcake-holding spurs, eachseries of spurs being provided with a single slender stem that isrelatively longer than either one of the spurs 'andextends angularlytherefrom, .each stem having a collar on its free end, and a controllingbar secured to all. the collars and provided with handles, for dippingcakes held on the spurs without immersing the controlling bar.

3. In a cake hanger, a cake-holding and suspending device comprising along and slender main shank that is rod-like in forni, spurs extendingfrom one end of the thread like shank, a shank extension projecting fromthe bases of the spurs in alinement with the main shank, spurs extendingfrom the end of the shank extension, and a collar on the opposite end ofsaid main shank, said main shank being appreciably longer in onedirection only than either one of said spurs, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

4. In a cake hanger, a cake-holding and suspending device comprising amain shank that is rod-like in form and of uniform thickness in onedirection transversely, one end portion of the shank being relativelynarrower than the opposite end portion thereof in the other directiontransversely, said narrow end portion being approximately square incross-section, a collar an the broader end portion of said shank, spurson said narrower end, a shank extension projecting from the bases ofsaid spurs in alinement with the longitudinal axis of said main shank,and spurs on the end of said shank extension, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

5. In a cake hanger, the combination of a bar having a plurality ofseries of boards thereon, the bar being square in cross-section and thebeards being formed on the corners of the bar integrally therewith, andcollars on said bar and engaged each by a series of said beards, eachcollar having a long and slender stem thereon that diminishes indiameter transversely in one direction from the collar outward, andspurs on the narrower end of each of said stems.

In testimony whereof, I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK B. MGCULLOUGH. Witnesses E. T. SILvIUs, K. R. VVODDELL.

